Folding chair



M SCHLEGEL. FOLDING CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED MAR.29, l9l9.

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Patented June 8, 1920.

M. SCHLEGEL.

FOLDING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1919.

1,342,650. I Patented June 8, 1920.

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UNITED STATES MATHEW SCHLEGEL, F PORTLAND, OREGON.

FOLDING CHAIR.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920.

Application filed March 29, 1919. Serial No. 285,952.

' and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding arm chairs andhas for its object theprovision of a comparatively simple and lnexpensive device of thischaracter which may be compactly folded when not in use soas to occupyvery little space and also to facilitate transportation or, shipmentthereof,

A further object of the invention is to provide an arm chair including aback section having a seat section pivotally connected therewith andprovided with arms which are pivotally connected with both the seat andback sections whereby when the seat section is swung upwardly againstthe back section the arms will lie in the plane of sald back section.

A further object is to form the seat and back sections with intermeshingslats and to provide the transverse sills of sa d sections with seatingrecesses which receive the adjacent side members of the sections whenthe chair is in operative position and serve to assist in sustaining theweight of the load.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass devices so as to increase, their utility, durability andefficiency.

Figure l is a side elevation of a folding arm chair embodying thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a front view showing the chair in folded position;

Fig. 1 is a side view of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the folded chair;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the seat section detached;'

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view showing the construction of thetransverse sill of the seat section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved chair comprises a back section, indicated as a whole at 5,and comprising spaced longitudinal side bars 6 connected by one or moretransverse bars 7 to which are secured in any suitable manner aplurality of longitudinal slats 8. F astened to the forward edges of theside bars 6 is a transverse supporting sill 9 to which the lower ends ofthe slats 8 are fastened in any suitable manner and formed in the uppersurface of the sill 9 at the opposite ends thereof are seating recesses10 adapted to receive the side bars 11 of a foldable seat section,indicated at 12. The lower ends of the side bars 6 of the back sectionare extended forwardly to form supporting legs 13 which coact withrearwardly and downwardly curved supporting legs 14 formed integral withthe side bars 11 of the seat section, the latter being pivotallyconnected at 15 with the side bars 6 of the back section so as to permitthe seat section to be readily folded rearwardly against the backsection when not in use. The side bars 11 of the seat section areconnected at their forward ends by a transverse bar 16 and at their rearportions by a transverse sill 17 and connecting said sill and bar are aplurality of intermediate slats 18. The slats 18 are preferably disposedin a plane slightly above the plane of the upper surfaces of the sidebars 11 and said slats extend through or intermesh with the slats 8 ofthe back section so as to permit the seat section to be readily foldedupwardly against the back section, as best shown in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. The transverse sill 17 of the seat section is arrangedimmediately at the rear of the back section and the inner edge of saidsill is provided with spaced seating recesses 19 which receive the sidebars 6 of the back section when the chair is set up for use.

Pivotally connected at 20 with the side bars 3 of the back section arearms 21 and pivotally connected at 22 to the lower faces of the arms 21are uprights or links 23 which are in turn pivotally connected at 24with the side bars 11 of the seat section. The links or uprights 23 arepreferably substantially wedge shaped, as shown, and the forward cornersthereof are preferably curved or rounded at 25 to assist in preventingwedging or binding action between the parts when folding the chaironsetting the chair up for use. It will here be noted that the distancebetween the pivots 20 and 22 is substantially the same as the distancebetween the pivots 22 and 24 so that when the seat section is foldedupwardly and rearwardly against the back section the arm sections willlie substantially parallel with the back section, as best shown in Fig.4 of the drawings. The lower ends of the supporting legs 13 and 14L arealso preferably formed with flat faces 26 adapted to bear against thefloor and form a firm support for the chair.

It will thus be seen that when the chair is set up for use, the sidebars 6 of the back section will fit within the seating recesses 19 ofthe transverse sill 17 while the side bars 11 of the seat section willfit the seating recesses 10 in the transverse sill 9 of the back sectionso that practically the entire weight of the load will be carried by thesills 9 and 17. It will, furthermore, be noted that by exerting a slightupward pressure on the free end of the seat section 12, the latter willbe moved upwardly and rearwardly against the back section and at thesame time cause the links or standards 23 to fold flat against the sidebars 11 of the seat section and thearms 21 to fold against the backsection so that the chair thus folded will occupy very little space andmay be conveniently transported from place to place.

It will, of course, be understood that the chairs may be made indifferent sizes and shapes and formed of wood or other suitable materialand that any desired ornamental appearance may be imparted to theseveral bars and other elements serving to make up the construction ofthe chair.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

- A. folding chair including pivotally connected back and seat sectionshaving interfitting slats, said sections being provided with extensionsconstituting supporting legs, a transverse sill secured to the front ofthe back section at said supporting legs andhaving its upperlongitudinal edge cut away to form spaced seating recesses at theopposite ends thereof, a transverse sill secured to the seat section atthe rear of the pivotal connection between the seat and back sectionsand having its inner longitudinal edge cut away to form seating recessesspaced inwardly from the ends of said sill, arms pivotally connectedwiththe back section, and links forming a pivotal connection between thearms and the seat section, the seats in the transverse sill of the backsection being adapted to receive the seat section and the seats of thetransverse sill of- MATH SCHLEGEL. m p

